Recently we have seen some great examples of gabion use and novel ways to fill them. Some of our garden gabions were sold to two garden designers for use in their display at Ecobuild 2011.
Jacquetta Menzies and Catherine Thomas used plant pots, fir cones, logs, twigs and turf to create interesting and visually appealing gabions for their stand. Jacquetta said "we packed the gabions with different materials. We had intended to use all Grassfelt but it was too heavy so we improvised. We had many enquiries about the gabions."
Jacquetta and Catherine's garden design work can be seen on their websites: Our lorry driver Trevor Cornwell also spotted a great gabion display whilst out cycling the Camel Trail one weekend. The gabion clad Camel Trail Gateway Building (designed by CSA Architects) 'is created from gabion baskets filled with local materials representing the Camel Trail and its historic connections to the mining industry, including locally quarried natural stones, locally collected shells, bottles from the nearby Camel Valley vineyard and internal metal workings of old trams.'
Trevor took some close up photos of the gabions to show us all back in the office. We think it looks great!
Further information and photographs of this project can be found at www.csa-architects.co.uk/projects/leisure/camel-trail-gateway-wadebridge.htm
Gabions can be purchased through our online shop at www.devoran-garden-gabions.co.uk
